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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  ! Since I started college, my go-to fun fact when introducing myself is that ... [annotation note="Essentially, I am starting my MEng in EECS while completing a ... figure skating championships in Boston. While I do not regret doing any of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  he's doing is moving his hand in a straight line: up and down, up and ... , the molecules do a half-hearted job; they orient themselves in such a way that the ... , etc. In my last blog post, I said that I would write up an explanation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  yeah...that’s the most apt way to put it haha), and we do a bunch of cool ... club that is for LGBTQ+ folk in fraternities and Sororities! They host ... events!!!! But first I want to give you the scoop about how gay things are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  do so that I could take advantage of my day in London. So I decided to ... picture at Little Venice in London gave me a deja-vu. I hope my nerdy ... on Wednesday or do things to distract yourself from your computer. I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  contemplate what it is like to be a “woman at MIT.” The only differences that I ... mathematics.” It seems that MIT is increasingly cited as a paragon for the ... visitors and family friends that MIT has a 50:50 gender ratio, I am always

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  I took a picture today that pretty well reflects the mood around this ... 're accustomed to on our birthdays? Well, I think I've lost that a while ago, but in its place is a sense of accomplishment. Every year understanding a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  in time for half-price burgers. After that, I went over to visit with a ... pretty much the weekend in a nutshell. Tomorrow, it's back to work and I ... . While I promised to continue the Name My Fish contest today, I'll do that

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  . I would post a picture but why should I embarrass myself like that ... Yes, it's been a while since my last entry...much has happened. I am ... celebrations in New York City. I returned to Boston last Sunday (which happened

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then ... place is taking a new kind of energy. How is it time already?  In Catcher ... off, my friends and I were squished together in the front of a U

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  unproductive weekend, was to make a to-do list. I was then faced, however, with a moral dilemma, a person vs. self conflict which I would both win and lose ... posters, however, is always quickly replaced with a wistful "Why didn't I

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  mathematical set "inside". But that's not (entirely) true. In fact, there's a ... been crammed full like my carry-on. In fact, I just returned from a trip ... some rocks to bang on the bigger logs like a chimp in a lab until I made

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  It's ironic that I post this entry now - Matt just posted an entry about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how ... situations! Well, you ask, I dish it. You’ll get a unique summer that only 80

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  come up with a relatively elaborate menu. I paid in sleep for not doing ... I woke up without my alarm, and it was sunny outside. That is always a ... A week ago today, I turned 20. It occurs to me that something weird

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I ... exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... particle" by popular press—is more generally known now in 2015. At that point

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  TechTV. One of the things I like about the press conference is that it didn't happen in a fancy board room or anything -- they held it in a ... reading this know which classroom this is?). I love that the chalkboard isn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  not I like this new development in my life. I’ve always been a big proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is ... compel stirrings like that in other people. I never saw what was powerful ... on another day. But what I mean here is that prioritizing beauty doesn

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  and talk about things, and how to cope with the pressure that is MIT ... allergy nurse at MIT is because I had a bad allergic reaction to my ... many weeks ago, and he said that I should get a patch test, or a T

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  that happened during build, but in the interest of not writing a novel, I ... , so I’ll go in with a general overview of this year's timeline! [March ... familiar with me. A week or so later, I got the email that I got the role

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  as a general overview, I'm working in Merck's vaccine division this ... humbling and amazing. I found out that it takes 20 years, on average, for a ... my day gets a little variety. I generally do one or more of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012